Watching England play in a major tournament is an emotional rollercoaster with moments of joy, despair and high stress arriving in quick succession. But have you ever wondered what the impact of putting yourself through such highs and lows is? We decided to put it to the test by finding out exactly what my body went through while watching England’s 2-1 win over Slovakia – and probably yours, too.
Half an hour before England’s European Championship begins, the DJ at Trabrennbahn Gelsenkirchen gets serious. There is space for 40,000 fans at this racecourse-turned-fanzone but punishing rain and an exodus to the stadium has thinned the crowd. Perhaps 2,000 remain and the site now resembles Glastonbury on the Sunday of a wet year.
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